Gone with the Wind (cont)

On Monday, BBC’s Newsnight broadcast an eleven minute report by Middle East correspondent Katya Adler on the growing number of rabbis and religious Jews participating in Israeli Defence Force combat units.
While the level and role of religiosity in the Israeli army might seem a purely domestic issue, Adler argued that it has strong implications for two areas of international concern: the ethical conduct of Israel’s armed forces, especially in light of the recent conflict in Gaza; and the feasibility of dismantling settlements in the West Bank and, as such, making peace with the Palestinians.
The introduction asserts: ‘Once proudly secular, [the IDF’s] combat units are now filled with those who believe that Israel’s wars are God’s wars. There’s a rising number of religious Jewish soldiers, and military rabbis are becoming more powerful'.
Several individuals interviewed voiced their concerns about an undue influence of religion upon soldiers, and drew unfavourable comparisons with divinely-inspired wars. General Nehemia Dagan, a former Army Chief Education Officer argued that the motivation to fight must not come from a religious authority, because when it does it is ‘jihad’ and ‘there are no limits’.
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Bueno, la infamia del progresismo buenista no conoce límites.
Parece que no terminan de entender que vivir en Eretz Yisrael es un mɪtsvə -uno de los mandamientos de Di-s- y ceder o renunciar a ese derecho y a esa herencia sería traicionarlo.
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